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Meeting on parks master plan

Published by Rachel Willis on Wed, 05/16/2018 - 12:00am

The San Marcos Parks and Recreation Department is inviting the public to attend an open house for the Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan, Wed., May 23 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the San Marcos Activity Center, 501 E. Hopkins.

City staff and representatives from Halff Associates, Inc., will be on hand to make a brief presentation and answer questions.

The Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan is currently in the design stages and adoption of the plan should occur by this fallafter presentation to the parks board and city council. The current Parks Master Plan was adopted in 2010.

This open house is the next public outreach opportunity for the community following meetings with key stakeholders in September 2017, a town hall meeting in November 2017 and an online survey available during October and November 2017.

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The inclusion of a Craddock Avenue extension through environmentally sensitive land in a presentation on the city's Transportation Master Plan at Tuesday's city council meeting raised questions.

The potential extension, that would extend Craddock to Lime Kiln Road and Interstate 35 on a route above Sink Creek, is listed as a conservation corridor in the thoroughfare plan.

There currently are only two routes that connect traffic between Interstate 35 and areas west now – Wonder World Drive and through downtown. The Craddock Avenue extension would divert the traffic that is moving through downtown to other areas, but could present some potential environmental issues.

The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, or CAMPO, started a regional arterial study in the middle of last year and when it is finished, it could show potential alternatives to the Craddock extension that CAMPO would be interested in funding.

The council is set to vote on the Transportation Master Plan on June 5.

Yes, it would ease traffic downtown sooner.

No, it's an environmentally-sensitive area and the city should wait for CAMPO options.